Lavin's Butter Chicken (Murg Makhani)
Lavin's Butter Chicken (Murg Makhani)

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Alfred Prasad's murgh makhani recipe, known in the UK as butter chicken, is one of the ultimate curry dishes. The chicken is marinated in ginger and garlic paste, yoghurt and spices before grilling and combining with the rich, heady makhani sauce. This recipe appears in our first ever cookbook, Great British Chefs, available to buy on Amazon. hi friends i will show you step by step easy method how to make delicious butter chicken at home.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lavin's butter chicken (murg makhani) using 22 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lavin's Butter Chicken (Murg Makhani):
  1. Get Marination
  2. Take 1000 g Chicken for Marination
  3. Get 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  4. Make ready 1 tbsp mustard oil
  5. Take 5 tbsps yogurt
  6. Get to taste Salt
  7. Get 1 1/2 tsp red chilli powder
  8. Prepare 1 tsp coriander powder
  9. Take Gravy
  10. Prepare 1 tbsps butter
  11. Make ready 2 tbsps ghee
  12. Prepare 1-2 green chilli
  13. Prepare I kilo tomatoes chopped
  14. Take half tbsp crushed ginger
  15. Get 1 tbsp crushed garlic
  16. Make ready to taste Salt
  17. Prepare 3-4 green cardamoms
  18. Prepare 2 charcoal pieces
  19. Make ready 1 tbsp ghee to fry 1 black cardamom 1 mace ¼ tsp green cardamom powder ½ tsp garam masala ½ tsp cinnamon powder / one stick cinnamon
  20. Get 4-5 tbsps cream + for garnish
  21. Prepare 1 1/2 tbsps honey
  22. Make ready 1/4 tsp dried fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi) roasted, powdered + for garnish

This is made more lovely by adding tangy tomatoes, yogurt, and smoky kasuri methi (dried fenugreek). This is a meal that has gained world wide recognition by Indians all over the world. In India this dish is usually made with bone-in chicken and outside of India boneless chicken is more commonly used. This is a simple home version of butter chicken, also known as 'murgh' or 'chicken makhani,' a popular dish in Indian restaurants.

Instructions to make Lavin's Butter Chicken (Murg Makhani):
  1. Method - 1) Add chicken, turmeric powder, mustard oil, yogurt, salt, 1 tsp red chilli powder, coriander powder in a bowl. Mix well. Set aside and marinate for 1 hour.
  1. To prepare the gravy, heat a non-stick deep pan, add 1 tbsp butter let it melt and add tomatoes, ginger, garlic, salt and 2-3 green cardamoms open and add. Cook till tomatoes turn pulpy. Switch off heat. Set aside to cool down.

  2. Heat a grill pan, drizzle oil and spread it, add marinated chicken pieces one by one and fry

    1. Transfer cooked gravy mixture into a blender, and grind to a fine paste.
  1. Transfer the blended mixture into a sieve and sieve the mixture in a bowl by pressing with a spatula to make the gravy smooth.

6.Heat remaining ghee and remaining butter in a non-stick pan, let it melt. Add black cardamom, crush a mace and add, break and add remaining green cardamom. Sauté till fragrant.Add green chillies and fry for a minute.

    1. Add remaining red chilli powder, blended gravy and mix well. Add salt, a pinch of green cardamom powder, a pinch of garam masala and mix well. Add 1/3 cup to ¼ cup water. Cook for 2-3 minutes and add the chicken. Cover and cook on medium heat till chicken is cooked completely for 10-15 minutes
  1. Add cream, sugar, remaining green cardamom powder, ¼ tsp roasted and powdered Kasuri methi. Mix well. Cook for a minute and switch off heat. Smoke the gravy with charcoal.And you're done! Enjoy :-)

This is best served with naan, an Indian bread, or you can also serve this with basmati rice. The story goes that the founder and Chef of the restaurant decided to use left-over Tandoori Chicken in a rich and buttery tomato gravy. The best part about Murgh Makhani or Butter Chicken is that it is a one-pot meal, that means, you can make the entire recipe with just one-pot! Yes, start off by first marinating the tender chicken pieces in a bowl with fresh yogurt, spices, oil and squeeze some lime juice in the end. Can i use milk instead of whipping cream?

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